Modge Podge prints

Peter McAdam studied for a Masters degree at the University of Sunderland, and recently has been invited back in for one day a week to help and advise BA art students. One day as I watched him work, he was doing prints from old photographs, and I became interseted so he explained the techniques and the mediums required to replicate old photographs. As you can see below, these are all prints on plywood that I have made using this technique.

This involves getting a black and white print and covering it with modge podge. This is similar to white glue. Once you have covered the entire print, you put it onto a surface. I used plywood. Once on, it is necessary to squeeze out any excess modge podge along with any bubbles, so that you get full contact with both sides. You leave for at least an hour and a half to dry, then using a damp cloth, you start rubbing the back to remove the print.

As you can see from the above, the whole picture does not always stay on and there may be parts of the image missing.

In these prints, where the print has taken, I have devised my own style to disguise this so that it looks natural.